Against All Odds
Chapter Seven
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"Harry…" Dumbledore grabbed Harry's arm and pulled him away from Juliet and Lily. Harry's smile quickly faded and was replaced by a look of pure, undisguised disgust. His green eyes blazed with fury, and Dumbledore knew as he looked at the one who used to be his most valuable fighter in the war against Voldemort that his next question would be met with even more animosity than the bay already felt towards him.
"Have you given any more thought to what we discussed?"
"Dumbledore, I've already told you. I won't give Lily to you." Harry spat, and Dumbledore's prediction was correct; Harry was practically spitting fire now at the suggestion being brought up yet again.
"Harry, you can see her when you want." Dumbledore lied," You can…"
"You're a bloody liar!" Harry yelled, and Juliet, who had been looking over at them periodically throughout their encounter didn't look away when both Harry and Dumbledore turned to look at her to see her reaction to Harry's outburst.
"Professor,
Harry's answer is final. I know he's your 'warrior', and that
you think highly of him. But you've never thought highly of me. So
I'm not afraid to be the bad guy." Juliet kissed Lily's head
and adjusted the blanket that was around her so it was more snug,"
Lily won't be your soldier. I won't allow it, and Harry's made
it quite clear that neither will he."
"You do realize…"
Dumbledore's voice was rising as he looked from Harry to Juliet to
back," that the entire fate of our world rests on that child?!"
"I don't want my child to live the way I have!" Harry shouted back, his fists clenching. There was something desperately furious about Dumbledore now, an almost animalistic rage that made both Harry and Juliet think that he was at the point of acting rashly. Harry watched as Juliet's grip on Lily became slightly stronger; not strong enough to hurt her, just strong enough to make sure Dumbledore couldn't snatch the child from her arms.
"Our
entire
existence,
Harry! Don't you see? I must teach Lily how to fight Lord
Voldemort. It is the only way to save us all! That includes the two
of you!"
"If you think for one second that I give a flying
fuck what happens to me if I don't have a child, then you are sadly
mistaken." Juliet snapped, swinging her legs over the bed and
standing up, Lily still in her arms," You can't have her,
Dumbledore. For the last time, the answer is no."
Dumbledore
opened his mouth to start yelling in frustration at them, hoping that
his blind rage and desperation would make them see the seriousness of
the situation, but by the matching boldness in their eyes, he knew
all attempts to make them reconsider would be fruitless. Only
exertion of force would get him what he needed.
In a low voice of dangerous audacity, he spoke the words that would spark a chain of events that would forever change the Wizarding World.
"I will have to take your child, then."
